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Polly Ann Young

Born 25 October 1908 in Denver, Colorado, USA.
Died 21 January 1997 in Los Angeles, California, USA, of cancer.

Sister of Elizabeth Jane Young (later, actress Sally Blane); sister of actress Loretta Young.
Half-sister of actress Georgiana Young.

Married Carter Hermann, 1935; until Carter’s death, [?] 197?; daughter, Elizabeth Jane Hermann (later, actress Betty Jane Royale), born 12 October 1946; three other children.

Polly Ann Young appeared in her first film as a child extra in Sirens of the Sea (1917). More active in the 1930s than in the silent era, Young retired from motion picture work in 1941.

References: Website-IMDb.